This Is Beirut 24/04 19:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
US President Joe Biden signed legislation on Wednesday authorizing desperately needed military aid for Ukraine, saying that Washington would begin sending new assistance to Kyiv within hours. The passage of the $95 billion package also includes aid for Israel and Taiwan and a measure to potentially ban TikTok in the United States. This comes ...
This Is Beirut 24/04 17:32 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli forces are carrying out an "offensive action" across southern Lebanon, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Wednesday, without specifying whether ground troops had crossed the border. "Many forces are deployed on the border," and the army is "carrying out offensive action currently throughout southern Lebanon," Gallant said in a ...
This Is Beirut 24/04 14:26 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Confrontations between Hezbollah and the Israeli army continue to escalate as Hezbollah, Wednesday at around noon, claimed that it targeted a building where Israeli soldiers are located in Avivim, in response to last night's attack on Hanin. Later, Israeli army spokesperson Avichae Adraee indicated that they are "attacking Hezbollah targets in ...
This Is Beirut 24/04 11:52 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
America's top universities witnessed widespread pro-Palestine protests on Tuesday, as students took over campuses across the country, furious at the ongoing Gaza conflict. Student anger with university officials and law enforcement fueled worsening tensions on several US campuses Tuesday after days of pro-Palestinian protests that have triggered ...
This Is Beirut 23/04 22:57 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The US ramped up its sanctions against Iran on Tuesday, designating four people and two companies it says were "involved in malicious cyber activity" on behalf of the country's military. "These actors targeted more than a dozen US companies and government entities through cyber operations, including spear phishing and malware attacks," the US ...
This Is Beirut 23/04 21:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
An Israeli battalion, which US media say Washington is likely to sanction over alleged rights violations against Palestinians, has a long history of transgressions and impunity, according to analysts and Israeli media. The military's Netzah Yehuda unit was founded in 1999 to encourage ultra-Orthodox Jewish men to enlist but has since accepted ...
Tylia El Helou 23/04 21:50 - Reading : less than a minute
From Gaza to Lebanon, This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war between Hamas and Israel and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for April 23rd, 2024.
This Is Beirut 23/04 20:39 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Two people were killed, Mariam Kachakech, widow of an Amal fighter, and her 10 year-old niece Sarah, and six others were wounded, three of them in serious condition, according to preliminary reports, in an Israeli raid on a house in the village of Hanine, in the Bint Jbeil caza, South Lebanon. By early evening, rescue workers were still working to ...
Rayan Chami 23/04 20:18 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Director of General Security, Elias Baissari, has been tasked by the government to initiate talks with the Syrian authorities on the repatriation of displaced Syrians and migrants serving prison terms in Lebanon. The decision was made during a ministerial, security and judicial meeting chaired by caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati at the ...
This Is Beirut 23/04 17:29 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Israel-Hamas war entered its 200th day on Tuesday, with fears mounting of an Israeli invasion in the overcrowded south of the besieged Gaza Strip amid calls for hostages to be freed. Shelling and loud explosions were heard in southwest Gaza and the city of Khan Younes in the south, while air strikes struck near the Bureij refugee camp and ...
This Is Beirut 23/04 17:07 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The southern Lebanese borders witnessed on Tuesday afternoon increased tensions after the killing of two Hezbollah officials, one killed by the Israeli Army on Monday night and the other on Tuesday morning. Hezbollah claimed responsibility of a drone attack on the headquarters of the Golani brigade and the Egoz (621) unit in the northern Israeli ...
This Is Beirut 23/04 16:49 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The UN is seeking an investigation on Tuesday into mass graves allegedly discovered at two Gaza hospitals, potentially signalling Israeli war crimes. The UN called on Tuesday for an international investigation into reports of mass graves at two Gaza hospitals destroyed in Israeli sieges, saying war crimes may have been committed. The United ...